Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review

JM Chisholm, R Zamani, AM Negm… - Waste Management …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Africa is the second populous continent, and its population has the fastest growing rate.
Some African countries are still plagued by poverty, poor sanitary conditions and limited …

Towards blockchain-based hospital waste management systems; applications and future trends

SMH Bamakan, P Malekinejad, M Ziaeian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective hospital waste management (HWM) has become a significant environmental and
green healthcare domain issue. In this regard, recent outstanding technological advances in …

Hospital waste management in developing countries: A mini review

M Ali, W Wang, N Chaudhry… - Waste Management & …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Health care activities can generate different kinds of hazardous wastes. Mismanagement of
these wastes can result in environmental and occupational health risks. Developing …

Review on distribution, fate, and management of potentially toxic elements in incinerated medical wastes

S Bolan, LP Padhye, M Kumar, V Antoniadis… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Medical wastes include all solid and liquid wastes that are produced during the treatment,
diagnosis, and immunisation of animals and humans. A significant proportion of medical …

International governance structures for health-care waste management: A systematic review of scientific literature

M Caniato, T Tudor, M Vaccari - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
Significant differences exist in the management of health-care waste management, globally.
This is particularly so between low, middle and high-income countries. A systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic assessment of economic and environmental performance index and generation, composition, environmental and human health risks of hospital solid …

M Ansari, MH Ehrampoush, M Farzadkia… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies have been conducted on hospital solid waste management (HSWM)
throughout the world, especially developing countries. This interdisciplinary study aims to …

Cuckoo optimization algorithm in reverse logistics: a network design for COVID-19 waste management

E Shadkam - Waste Management & Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Today, reverse logistics (RL) is one of the main activities of supply chain management that
covers all physical activities associated with return products (such as collection, recovery …

Healthcare waste management research: A structured analysis and review (2005–2014)

V Thakur, A Ramesh - Waste Management & Research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of healthcare waste management in preserving the environment and
protecting the public cannot be denied. Past research has dealt with various issues in …

A data-driven digital transformation approach for reverse logistics optimization in a medical waste management system

B Yaspal, SK Jauhar, S Kamble, A Belhadi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19's aftereffects have had a significant impact on our daily lives. The recent
pandemic caused by the new coronavirus epidemic has increased the production of …

Clinical waste management in district hospitals of Tumpat, Batu Pahat and Taiping

D Omar, SN Nazli, A Subramaniam… - Procedia-Social and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The research is a cross-sectionalcomparative study carried out to determine the variations
andsimilarities in the activities of clinical waste managementpractices within three district …